Accountability Lab
Accountability Lab
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About this organization
Mission
Our mission is to make governance work for people by supporting active citizens, responsible leaders, and accountable institutions.
About
OUR PROGRAMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:A.INTEGRITY IDOL-THE GOALS OF INTEGRITY IDOL ARE THREEFOLD: FIRST TO CREATE ROLE-MODELS AND CELEBRATE HONEST PUBLIC OFFICIALS; SECOND, TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE BY INDICATING THAT GOVERNMENT IS A CAREER PATH IN WHICH ONE CAN WORK WITH INTEGRITY AND HONESTY; AND THIRD, TO CONNECT AND SUPPORT THE WINNERS TO HELP BUILD COALITIONS TO PUSH FOR FURTHER REFORM AND VALUE-BASED DECISION-MAKING OVER TIME. IMPACT TO DATE: 1.CAMPAIGNS IN 8 COUNTRIES WITH OVER 9,000 NOMINATIONS AND 35 WINNING IDOLS; 2.AS A RESULT OF THE CAMPAIGN, WINNERS HAVE: BEEN ASKED TO BRIEF LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL ON GOVERNANCE (NEPAL); BEEN SELECTED FOR A GOVERNMENT ETHICS COMMITTEE (SOUTH AFRICA); BEEN PROMOTED (PAKISTAN); AND FIXED A VARIETY OF ACCOUNTABILITY PROBLEMS (ALL COUNTRIES).B.MUSIC CAMPAIGNS - THE GOALS OF OUR MUSIC CAMPAIGNS ARE TO: FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH MUSIC AROUND ISSUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRITY; CHANGE THE APPROACH THAT THE INDUSTRY, AS A WHOLE, TAKES TO THESE CHALLENGES, THROUGH POSITIVE MESSAGING AND ENGAGEMENTIMPACT TO DATE: 1.THE RAP2REP AND VOICE2REP CAMPAIGNS HAVE ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS NIGERIA AND LIBERIA, WITH SIGNIFICANT MEDIA ATTENTION FOR THE WINNERS AND MANY OF THE WINNING SONGS BECOMING WIDELY POPULAR; 2.IN LIBERIA AND NIGERIA, THE WINNERS HAVE BECOME NATIONALLY KNOWN AND HAVE SHIFTED THE TONE OF LOCALLY PRODUCED MUSIC TOWARDS MORE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ISSUES AND TOPICS.C.ACCOUNTABILITY INCUBATOR - THE GOALS OF THE INCUBATOR ARE THREEFOLD: FIRST TO ALLOW US TO RE-BALANCE ASSISTANCE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE ACCOUNTABILITY SPACE TOWARDS BOTTOM-UP, LOCALIZED IDEAS FOR CHANGE; SECOND TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS, WHO CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD ACCOUNTABILITY; AND THIRD, TO BUILD "UNLIKELY NETWORKS AND DIVERSE COALITIONS WHO CAN FIND NEW WAYS TO CREATE CHANGE. IMPACT TO DATE: 1-A TOTAL OF 60 ACCOUNTAPRENEURS HAVE PASSED THROUGH OUR INCUBATORS, WITH IDEAS RANGING FROM FILM SCHOOLS; TO BUILDING NETWORKS OF MUSIC ARTISTS PUSHING FOR INTEGRITY; TO TOOLS USING BLOCKCHAIN TO SECURE ELECTIONS. 2-CHANGES THE ACCOUNTAPRENEURS HAVE CREATED INCLUDE: PUSHING FOR BUDGETS TO BE ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS MORE EFFECTIVELY (PAKISTAN); CHANGES TO POLICIES IMPLEMENTED BY MINING COMPANIES (LIBERIA); AND THE RESOLUTION OF HUNDREDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY PROBLEMS FOR MIGRANTS (NEPAL).D.CITIZEN HELPDESKS - THE CHD PROCESS IS USED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WITHIN COMMUNITIES UNDERSTANDS HOW AND WHEN DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE, TO BUILD ACCOUNTABILITY INTO LOCAL DECISION-MAKING IN REAL-TIME, AND TO CLOSE THE FEEDBACK LOOP BETWEEN CITIZENS, GOVERNMENTS, THE MEDIA AND BUSINESSES.IMPACT TO DATE 1-OVER 14,000 COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN NEPAL, WITH OVER 200,000 COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS REACHED AND HUNDREDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY PROBLEMS SOLVED FOR CITIZENS ON EVERYTHING FROM EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION TO MIGRATION; 2-TWO MINING COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN LIBERIA, LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT CONCESSIONS FROM MINING COMPANIES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS, HEALTH CENTERS AND WATER POINTS.E.COALITION-BUILDING, POLICY CHANGE AND ADVOCACY - THE GOALS OF OUR WORK IN THIS AREA IS TO ENSURE THAT LESSONS LEARNED "FROM THE COAL FACE" OF ACCOUNTABILITY ARE FED INTO POLICIES AND PROCESSES TO ENSURE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND INCLUSION. IMPACT TO DATE: 1-WE HAVE LED THE OGP PROCESS IN LIBERIA, LEADING TO KEY COMMITMENTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDING THE DEPLOYMENT OF INFORMATION OFFICERS IN COUNTIES AND GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND ISSUES OF NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; 2-WE HAVE BUILT A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS MALI AND NIGER FOCUSING ON CITIZEN VOICE AND INCLUSION, WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR GREATER EQUALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN DECISION-MAKING. F.OPENGOV HUBS/INNOVATION SPACES - THE GOALS OF THE OPENGOV HUBS ARE THREEFOLD: FIRST TO PROVIDE A SAFE, ACCESSIBLE SPACE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY CHANGE-MAKERS; SECOND TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE UNLIKELY PARTNERSHIPS CAN EMERGE AND FLOURISH; AND THIRD, TO CREATE A COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND A SENSE THAT OUR EFFORTS CAN BE MORE THAN THE SUM OF THEIR PARTS. IMPACT TO DATE: 1-OUR OPENGOV HUBS/COLLECTIVE SPACES HAVE JOINTLY HOSTED OVER 400 EVENTS IN THE PAST 3 YEARS, WITH OVER 10,000 PEOPLE, INCLUDING HEADS OF STATE, MINISTERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, ANTI-CORRUPTION EXPERTS AND NUMEROUS CITIZEN-LED, CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA GROUPS; 2-NEW, SUSTAINABLE COLLABORATIONS HAVE COME OUT OF THE HUBS INCLUDING A MUSIC NETWORK (LIBERIA); AND A MIGRATION ACCOUNTABILITY COLLECTIVE (NEPAL).
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
The non-profit's mission, as documented in the filing, is “Our vision is more inclusive, accountable societies. our mission is to build a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world. we work towards this by supporting change-makers to develop and implement positive ideas for integrity in their communities. by enabling people to generate the knowledge, skills and coalitions needed for accountability, we unleash positive social and economic change. accountability lab global (registered as a 501c3 in the us) has now created 8 "network labs" (in liberia, mali, mexico, nepal, niger, nigeria, pakistan and south africa) all of which are locally registered and have mous with the global entity. we now have 80+ staff across this network, supported by hundreds of volunteers. the al global team (based in washington dc) does not undertake any specific programming (as described below) but instead leads on the accountability lab's global strategy, learning and supports the local affiliates with programming and communications.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were described as: “To catalyze a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world by incubating local changemakers' innovative ideas to strenghten accountability in their communities.”.
- The non-profit is legally allowed to operate in the state of DC, as reported.
- The filing provides the non-profit's address in 2019 as 1110 VERMONT AVENUE NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20005.
- The non-profit has a total of 4 employees, as reported on their form for 2019.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $236,445.
- The organization has 10 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2012.
- The organization pays $277,739 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $61,266 in fundraising expenses.